What is EDI?

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is the exchange of business documents between organizations through the cloud. This method is used to replace traditional faxing and mailing, to improve efficiency, speed, while eliminating manual entry and reducing errors.

EDI Documentation

There are thousands of approved business documents exchanged through EDI daily.
Vantree supports all of them. Between suppliers and trading partners, the most

Between suppliers and third-party logistics partners (3PLs), the most common documents

Warehouse Shipping Order (940)
Warehouse Stock Transfer Shipment Advice (943)
Warehouse Stock Transfer Receipt Advice (944)
Warehouse Shipment Advice (945)
Warehouse Inventory Adjustment Advice (947)

Although each of these EDI documents have their own format, they can be tailored to fit certain specifications to ensure each party is getting the data they need. As long as the information is available, Vantree takes care of integrating each parties requirements.

Things to consider highlighting in the integration discovery process are:

EDI compliant

Vantree allows you to connect to ANY trading partner in ANY industry worldwide. Trading partners, who are often your customers, require you to be EDI compliant in order to begin doing business with them.

With thousands of pre-established relationships with your customers, we are gather requirements quickly, and schedule your EDI integration as soon as they are ready. Being EDI compliant allows you to expand your ability to do business while allowing you to also optimize your processes.

Here’s a basic scenario explained by Jerryl Price at Right Price Companies, where their customer buys fiber-optic cable from them using this process:

Inventory Inquiry/Advice (846) gets uploaded daily
Purchase Order (850) is received in Jerryl’s inbox
Purchase Order Acknowledgment (855) sent to shipper and Tier 1 partner
Automatic Shipment Notification (856) sent as well
Invoice (810) sent to make sure Right Price Companies gets paid

To learn more

For more information on how you can benefit from working with Vantree
visit our Web EDI, EDI Automation page or contact us.

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EDI Documents

There are thousands of approved business documents exchanged through EDI interchange daily. The most used documents include:

1. Invoices (810)
2. Purchase Orders (850)
3. and Ship Notice/Manifest (856)
4. And many more

Each of these documents has a basic
format but needs to be tailored to each
parties’ specifications.

Read more here.

Messaging Protocols

In order to transmit documents back and forth, companies need to establish a data
communication channel.

EDI messaging protocols are used to transfer data securely from computer-to-computer. These protocols are
used by the communication software/
application to describe the exchange
of data between companies.

Read more here.

Document standards

There are many EDI document standards
used. For quality assurance, an organization
like the Accredited Standards Committee
X12 (ASCX12) founded in 1979, was chartered by the American National
Standards Institute (ANSI) to develop
and maintain standards for EDI.

These standards were built to drive
businesses in various regions, and industries globally. We ensure all standards are being
met on your behalf.

Read more here.

Industries using EDI

Almost every industry uses EDI to improve its supply chain. Some of them include:

Manufacturing

Wholesale

Financial

Transportation

Healthcare

about vantree

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After 25 successful years in business, Vantree is proud to continue to create memorable, inspiring, and engaging experiences for our customers with a focus on EDI products that help streamline operations through automation and simplify the user experience.

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